Sylvie Van Hulle

Studies on paper

2011-12-28T02:40:00.001-08:00

De Leie - Study

2011-12-27T01:26:00.000-08:00

Tentoonstelling Galerie Anima - Deinze

2011-11-24T10:52:00.000-08:00

Oo! - Galerie Anima Deinze

2011-11-06T05:32:00.000-08:00

New paintings

2011-10-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

Leaves - N°2

2011-10-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on panel

The finished painting

2011-10-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

Acryl on linen

Study

2011-09-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Untitled

2011-09-09T03:21:00.001-07:00

Reflections

2011-09-07T05:55:00.000-07:00

Reflections
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 cm

Study on paper

2011-08-16T11:56:00.001-07:00

Acryl on paper

365 Days project

2011-08-15T03:51:00.001-07:00

15-08-2011

Interview Fred Bervoets - Cobra

2011-08-15T02:14:00.000-07:00

365 Days project - Studies on paper

2011-08-13T11:35:00.000-07:00

11-08-2011

12-08-2011

13-08-2011

365 Days project - Day 4

2011-08-10T09:33:00.000-07:00

365 Days project - Day 3

2011-08-09T10:55:00.000-07:00

A quick one, but hey, I did something! ;-)
The project keeps me doing every day a little thing, and every day I'm learning something.

365 Days project - Day 2

2011-08-08T09:34:00.001-07:00

365 Days project

2011-08-07T04:35:00.001-07:00

Today I start a project that will span exactly one yar, from August 7, 2011 to July 31, 2012. On each of those days (except holidays and bad days ;-) I will try to post one small work (study) on paper. At the end of the project I will publish a book of the 365 studies, and also give an exposition to celebrate :-)

So here's the first one: Day 1, August 7, 2011.
It is inspired by a picture of a pond in the neighbourhood.
I was touched by the reflections in the water. The little soft yellow dots are leaves that were floating in the water.

Study - Acrylic on cardboard

2011-08-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on linen

2011-07-31T05:00:00.000-07:00

Study on cardboard

2011-07-27T11:47:00.000-07:00

Studie with oil paint on paper

2011-07-26T10:07:00.001-07:00

Aquarelstudies

2011-07-10T00:39:00.000-07:00

Studies with oilpastels

2011-07-04T11:41:00.000-07:00

Eindejaarsproject

2011-04-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

Reflecties I & II

2011-03-26T05:31:00.000-07:00

Volledig leven vraagt open, onbevangen aandacht
in ieder moment opnieuw.
Uit 'Mindfulness' - David Dewulf

Aquarelstudies op papier

Abstraction

2011-03-07T06:23:00.001-08:00

2011-02-11T02:59:00.000-08:00

Untitled
Acryl op MDF
40 x 30 cm

Golfbreker

2011-02-03T00:47:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on MDF
20 x 20 cm

New work

2011-01-19T01:39:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on wood
20 x 20 cm

Golden River Series

2011-01-09T07:18:00.000-08:00

2010-11-01T05:58:00.001-07:00

Sketches and final painting

2010-08-30T01:31:00.000-07:00

Damme
Studies
40 x 40 cm

Untitled

2010-08-09T07:49:00.001-07:00

Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm

Study on paper

2010-08-04T09:21:00.000-07:00

Texel - Landscape

2010-07-26T08:11:00.001-07:00

New Series II

2010-07-19T01:03:00.000-07:00

Untitled

2010-07-18T02:00:00.001-07:00

Shraddha: Faith, trust.

Trust in the intelligence of the Universe and welcome any experiences.
Accept and love what is, rather than what you think should be.

painting in action

2010-07-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

Thanks to studio Accidentel for the movie!

2010-07-12T01:58:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on MDF - 20 x 20 cm

Acrylic on canvas - 20 x 20 cm

2010-06-14T03:40:00.000-07:00

Things that make me happy

2010-06-11T03:40:00.001-07:00

I LOVE interiordesign. A wonderful book is THUIS of Anita Kaushal.
Beautiful photography and colorful interiors, a real feel-good-book!

New website

2010-06-08T02:46:00.000-07:00

Please visit my new website. I hope you enjoy!

Impressions of Knokke-Heist

2010-06-07T03:29:00.000-07:00

Some pictures of Knokke-Heist

Study on cardboard

2010-05-18T02:49:00.000-07:00

Made this little landscape study with the paint that was left from another painting.

Erfgoeddag museum Deinze

2010-04-27T01:13:00.000-07:00

Erfgoeddag 25 april 2010 - Museum Deinze
'Fake'
Interpretatie van een schilderij van Gustave den Duyts

Preselected for the Canvascollectie 2010

2010-03-22T11:48:00.001-07:00

My painting 'Oude Leie 2' was preselected by a professional jury for the Canvascollectie

De Oude Leie VI - painting process

2010-03-13T07:34:00.000-08:00

Landscape

2010-02-19T00:00:00.000-08:00

Landscape - Acrylic on MDF.
20 x 20 cm
€150 - $200
unframed

Study

2010-02-15T01:47:00.000-08:00

Study of landscape

Painting process

2010-02-12T08:20:00.000-08:00

My exposition in het Geuzenhuis in Ghent

2010-01-23T12:28:00.000-08:00

My exhibition in het Geuzenhuis in Ghent
January 22 till January 31

Deinze Online

2010-01-20T02:53:00.000-08:00

Publication about my exhibition at the Biennale of Deinze:
www.deinzeonline.be

Biennale of Deinze

2010-01-16T07:27:00.000-08:00

I received a letter that a professional jury selected my work for the 11the Biennale of Deinze.
yippie!! :-)))

Oude Leie II

2010-01-14T00:52:00.000-08:00

Second layer for the painting of below.
I don't know if it's finished yet. I'll keep it a couple of days to look at it, and then I'll decide to work further on it or not.

Work process

2010-01-12T02:37:00.000-08:00

Study on paper.

This is how I start : the first layer for the painting on canvas.

Luchttekens

2010-01-10T03:33:00.000-08:00

A new painting for d'Oude Leie, a restaurant where my work is shown till summer.

But first it will be shown at my exhibition in het Geuzenhuis in Ghent
January 22 till January 31

Overview 2009

2010-01-09T00:20:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I was talking to a friend, who's also an artist, how difficult it is to make a living as an artist.
She told me to make a list of what I've reached last year, and it really helps!

Here's my list:

In April I had a group exhibition in the Netherlands.

In Juin I gave my first painting workshop.

In October I traveled to Asia, looking for some new inspiration.

In November my paintings are shown in NH hotel in Brussels.

In December my work is shown in d'Oude Leie. (have no photos of my work hanging there, but I will try to take some)

I made 24 new paintings in 2009! (paintings on paper not included)
That's not bad at all, isn't it? :-)

My plans for 2010:

- In January I have an exhibition in Ghent

- In March I start to give artclasses in Artweb, Deinze
- In April I will join the contest 'Canvascollection 2010'
- I will make new paintings and contact other restaurants to show my work
- I want to make a trip to Spain or Italy just to sketch and paint
...

Winter

2010-01-07T13:44:00.000-08:00

'Winter'
Acrylic on canvas - 100 x 80 cm
600 euro

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Made this painting today. I started with a landscape, but painted it over and just worked further with the colors.

and some pics of today...
as you can see it was a sunny day.

River - finished

2009-12-21T04:53:00.000-08:00

I finished the painting of below and must say I'm very satisfied with the result.
Let the holidays begin! :-)

The river in wintertime

2009-12-18T08:01:00.000-08:00

It snowed. Everything is quiet and peaceful. I love wintertime :-)

Jan De Vliegher - Strand 4

I read a wonderful article In Kunstletters of Jan De Vlieger, a belgian artist.
De Vliegher is constantly trying to prove the contrary by converting the physical world into a pictorial one.
As opposed to the many tendencies to represent the trivial, trite, bestial and even catastrophic world in art and thus even give it aesthetic value in the end, De Vliegher acts as the mouthpiece of happiness, unspoiled beauty, pomp and circumstance. He paints the joys of reality in a suggestive manner and with an increasing level of abstraction. Like the nineteenth-century Spanish realist painter Joachim Sorolla, he puts a reality of happiness on canvas by using pure, primary and unmixed fresh colours.
Please take a look at his work here.

River

2009-12-17T06:40:00.000-08:00

River
Acrylic on canvas - Work in progress

River II
Acrylic on hardboard
60 x 40 cm

New paintings in the NH hotel

2009-12-16T11:01:00.000-08:00

NH Hotel - 17 Chaussée De Charleroi - 1060 Brussels
www.nh-hotels.nl
Photographs : Tania

Studio

2009-12-16T02:40:00.000-08:00

The empty canvas is waiting...
Today I cleaned up my studio, tomorrow (or maybe this afternoon) I'll start this empty canvas.

The relax corner in my studio....

Work on paper

2009-12-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

Working on paper gives me more freedom than working on canvas.
It feels more natural to me.
These are very small works made on the back of a tea box. Now I collect everything I find to paint on. It gives an extra dimension to the painting.

Exhibition in NH hotel, Brussels

2009-11-30T07:16:00.000-08:00

I'm very excited to be showing at the NH hotel in Brussels.
17 Chaussée De Charleroi. 1060 4020. Brussels
www.nh-hotels.nl

Works on paper

2009-11-26T12:14:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on paper

Corners of my house

2009-11-25T05:05:00.000-08:00

Since I am home a lot lately... I made it very cosy, so I feel comfortable when studying at night :-)

Sketching

2009-11-25T02:35:00.000-08:00

No time to paint these days... I'm studying and preparing workshops.
But there is always time to do some sketching.

Finished painting

2009-11-20T00:39:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on canvas
80 x 80 cm

The first work of below ended up like this. I finished it last night, and I have to say I felt very satisfied with it in the beginning.
But when looking at it longer, I don't think it's quite done. I would like to add more red and dark brown on the bottom instead of the green, and add some yellow shade in the air, like a sunset... I will sleep on this one and see it in the morning.

Have a nice weekend!

Stages of painting...

2009-11-19T03:41:00.000-08:00

Picture 1 and 3 are first layers of a painting.
When I don't know wether I should work further on it or not, I take a picture of it and experiment on it in Photoshop, or I select details from the paintings.
Picture 3 is a small study on paper, which I often use as a starting point for a painting.

New work

2009-11-17T09:57:00.000-08:00

These are small paintings. They are made in a playful way, but I like them very much.
Did't started from a picture, it's just experimenting with color, lines, texture.

The search

2009-11-17T05:34:00.000-08:00

My newest paintings inspired on the colors in automn.
I'm searching for an authentic way to express myself. I paint every morning for a couple of hours. It's important for me to stay busy, it gives me inspiration and keeps me 'awake'.
I like the second painting very much. It is a large painting on linen.

A couple

2009-11-12T09:48:00.000-08:00

I did this small painting today, but it isn't finished yet.

These two small paintings were exposed last year at an exhibition in the Netherlands.
These are very small paintings (7.9 x 7.9 inches, 20 x 20 cm), but I'm thinking to make them in large format (on canvasses of 31.5 x 31.5 inches, 80 x 80cm) What do you think?
The owner of the gallery presented them like this, so close to eachother like it seems to be a couple. I would like to hear some opinions... Thanks for your comments.

Another inspiring day

2009-11-10T11:53:00.000-08:00

One walk a day... takes my problems away... and gives me ideas and inspiration!
Working on abstract painting now. So I have to look from a different angle at things, study them more closely.

Had a very busy day, but made this little study for a large painting.
In January 2010 I will have my next exhibition!
And in April another one. So I will have to work a lot!

Misty morning

2009-11-09T05:22:00.000-08:00

09/11/2009 - 8.30 a.m.

I started the day with a morning walk.
Then I painted for a couple of hours, just experimenting with some colors.
Maybe influenced by the scenes of the misty morning, cause when I put together the pictures now, I can see some resemblance...

PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: SYLVIE VAN HULLE

The moment

2009-11-08T10:50:00.000-08:00

The moment one gives close attention to anything,
even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious,
awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

HENRY MILLER
PHOTOGRAPHY : SYLVIE VAN HULLE

Inspiration in a magical notebook

2009-11-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

My lucky book from the shop of Afiori.

I write inspirational quotes in it, together with prints of my paintings, or 'feelgood' pictures...
And when I need inspiration, I just take my little magical book...

A wonderful november evening

2009-11-05T13:15:00.000-08:00

Sitting at my desk, studying, as evening fell, I looked outside my window and saw this wonderful view. A wonderful purple cloud, the dark skyline of the city, dark blue air. I was really overwhelmed by this sight en took a piece of paper and made this quick drawing.

'Je moet los zijn van alles.
Niets willen, niets moeten,
dan maak je de puurste dingen'.

Eric de Bruijn

Automn series

2009-10-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

Two small studies on cardboard.
Studies for larger paintings on canvas.

Even stilstaan

2009-10-24T02:58:00.001-07:00

Ik sta even stil, en dat is een hele vooruitgang.
Bertolt Brecht

Impressions of Thailand

2009-10-16T07:26:00.000-07:00

Impressions of Thailand I & II
Acrylic on paper.
105 x 210 mm

You can make a difference

2009-10-12T01:32:00.001-07:00

Vacation

2009-09-24T07:32:00.000-07:00

I am going to Thailand!!!
I'll be back in two weeks with sketches and pictures!

How to Beat Artist's Block

2009-09-23T07:58:00.000-07:00

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 1:
It's the fear of not being able to do it that is making you feel you've lost your inspiration. To get rid of the fear, you must approach your painting as if it were a job and DO IT.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 2:
Force yourself to set a goal of ‘X’ number of paintings. Copy if you must, use kitchen tools as models if you must, but simply getting into the paint itself will begin to inspire you, even if you don't like the subject matter. There's always something to learn.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 3:
Change media. If acrylic, go to oil. If oil, go to printmaking.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 4:
Search for new painters on the web, using Google's image search. Go to galleries. Try to find an artist who's doing something that appeals to you, something that the voice inside you says, "I could do that" or "I'd like to be able to do that." Secure an image and copy it to find out what that artist did and how. Then think about recombining ideas.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 5:
Play the "what if?" game. What if I painted this old subject matter on a tire? What if I put together a still life of bricks? How can I use a new material, a new subject matter, a new style. Be wild in your considerations.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 6:
Remember that everyone has fallow periods. I don't consider them really fallow, just the subconscious taking a breather and getting ready to take a different direction.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 7:
Check out some books on creative thinking to give you a jolt.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 8:
Take a trip to somewhere you've never considered, even if it's only to a local town you've never explored. Always take a sketchbook, everywhere you go. Or a digital camera. Imagine yourself a Lilliput or a giant to change your perspective.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 9:
Keep a journal of drawings and writings for a month. Pick something from the journal to paint. Review it in six months or a year.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 10:
Compile a scrapbook of family portraits -- not just faces, but each family member doing something typical -- a ‘candid’ sketch with writing about the person, the time, your impressions. Keep it in a journal for your kids' kids.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 11:
Go to a senior citizen center and draw the people there. Talk to them about their life stories. Try to express your response in mixed media using copies of their old photographs, etc.

Beating Artist’s Block Tip 12:
Take a class that forces you to produce in a structured environment.

Source : painting.about.com

Travelling Moleskine

2009-09-21T09:27:00.000-07:00

My entry for the Travelling Moleskine project. The theme is : My World.
Waterpainting of the Maaigemdijk, the most beautiful piece of nature of Astene, Deinze.

Power

2009-09-16T01:09:00.000-07:00

“A man’s true state of power and riches is to be in himself.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Source : Higher Awareness

Heart : A gift from a friend.

The time is now

2009-09-15T08:29:00.000-07:00

Remember who you are.

Do what you love.

The time is NOW.

Pictures taken this morning...

Focus on what you want

2009-09-08T08:07:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on wood
40 x 40 cm

“By becoming a conscious choice-maker, you begin to generate actions that are evolutionary for you.”
Deepak Chopra

Source : Higher Awareness

A walk with my best friend

2009-09-03T09:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was such a wonderful day. I spent it with my best friend Tania, who is a very talented photographer. She inspires me very much and we always have a great time together!
We made a long walk together, talked, laughed, and hugged :-)

painting on wood

2009-08-28T02:49:00.000-07:00

I started painting on wood, it's really very different than working on canvas, for me it works better.
I also decided to leave the painting of monday like it is, because in fact I love it like it is. I'll paint a second one in the same colors and experiment a little more with it.

Have a nice weekend!

Work in progress

2009-08-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

This is a work in progress, I painted 4 hours on it. It's a large work (90 x 70 cm) and because of the heat today the paint dryed too quick, and so I couldn't get the result I wanted.
I want to finish this work this week but first I have to buy a pot of acrylic retarder...

Note:A retarder is an agent, usually added to water, used to slow the drying time of acrylic paints, giving you more time for blending or layering highlights.

- Doctor Faust

The first workshop in Sylf's Ateljee!

2009-08-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the first workshop at Sylf's Ateljee!
The weather was wonderful and everybody was really very enthusiastic. It was so inspiring for me to see how everybody worked.
I was very pleased that Annie was also there. She's an artist I've met through Blogger!
We had fun and the results were great, as you can see on the last photo!

This is where I live

2009-08-19T23:45:00.000-07:00

These pictures are taken at the Leie river, where I live.
I just have to walk 5 minutes and I'm there, it's just behind my backyard.
And I'm so grateful for it.
yesterday I made a walk in the early morning, everything was so quiet and peaceful.
I took some pictures, enjoyed the cool breeze there, the sound of the trees...
that's pure happiness for me.

I post these pictures because maybe you can also see the connection with my paintings.

Reflection

2009-08-18T12:38:00.000-07:00

"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."

-- James Levin

Summer

2009-08-17T08:45:00.000-07:00

These two paintings are just finished.
It's summer here!

I'm back

2009-08-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

I'm back after a time of rest.
Two new small paintings in my Etsy Shop

Joy

2009-08-07T04:17:00.000-07:00

"The future, higher evolution will belong to those who live in joy, who share joy, and who spread joy."

-- Torkom Saraydarian

These yellow fields

2009-08-06T02:28:00.001-07:00

"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."

-- Eddie Cantor

"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

These new paintings are now available in my Etsy Shop

Revelation of color

2009-08-04T02:58:00.000-07:00

Revelation I

Revelation II

Studies on paper for larger paintings.
These are details from photos of landscapes.
Now available in my Etsy Shop